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Alibaba Equals eBay Plus Google Minus PayPal

The Chinese e-commerce giant could go public in the U.S. in a few months.

May 8, 2014

Wedbush

Alibaba filed its F1 filing on Wednesday for its planned initial public offering in the U.S. There is not yet an indication of venue (NYSE or Nasdaq) and we expect the process to take a few more months.

Alibaba's scale and growth are unique if not unprecedented. Revenue for the most recent full year ended March 31, 2013, was $5.6 billion and for the last nine months $6.5 billion growing 57%. Trailing 12-month gross...